Marty Brown

Response to devastating beauty

It was a very well composed article and it was also very effective.  The part that talked about the ads and how they have changed over the years is a very emotional invoking example.  In 1950 the "hot" girls were 5 foot 4 and 150 and now the "hot" girls 5 foot 10 and 110.  They got taller and skinnier.  The bone features are more prized now then beauty some would say.  I completely agree that the media has compounded the problem by putting these “hot" girls in magazines, commercials and movies.  It is creating an unrealistic vision for a lot of girl to shoot for that they cannot attain.  One fact that was presented that I didn’t know was the part about thinking about dieting and fat has been shown to actually change the chemistry in your brain and thought pattern which negatively affect the girls.